But Sanders always had a bit more up his sleeve and prevailed by a neck from Aidan O'Brien's well-supported market leader.

O'Brien's other entry Arabian Prince stayed on in good style to take third place.

"We had to cut him after his last run at Epsom as he was just dossing about," explained Smith.

"I have always thought an awful lot of him and never had any doubts about taking on the big boys.

"It has not been a great season but this is fantastic.

"If he does not get sold, I imagine we might take him out to Dubai for the Carnival and maybe have a go at the UAE Guineas."

Hunter Street came with a late surge to collar Ajigolo by a neck in an exciting renewal of the Group Three skybet.com Cornwallis Stakes. Peter Chapple-Hyam's juvenile was one of several horses in with a chance approaching the two-furlong marker after Classic Encounter had taken them along at a ferocious pace.

Chapple-Hyam said: "He's been hitting the crossbar all season, like most of mine and he really deserved this."

Wetherby-based Robin Bastiman enjoyed his biggest success as a trainer when 20-1 shot Borderlescott ploughed through to take the #30,000 Coral Sprint Trophy at York.